Rocking crib.



w. B. .WALTON & N. H. KEIM.

BOOKING ORIB.

APPLIOATION Hmm 00T. 5, 1909.

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W. B. WALTON & N. H. KBIM.

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UNITED STATES PATENT FFICE.

WILLIAM B. WALTON AND NATHAN H. KEIIVI, OF EVELETH, MINNESOTA.

BOOKING CRIB.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented May 3, 1910.

To all whom 'it 'may concern:

Beit known that we, WILLIAM B. WALTON and NATHAN H. KEIM, citizens ofthe United States, both residing at Eveleth, in the county of St. Louisand State of Minnesota, have invented certain new and usefulImprovements in Rocking Cribs, of which the following is aspecification.

This invention relates to cribs and has for its object to provide arocking crib which is strong and durable in construction and capable ofbeing readily attached to an ordinary bed and which may be housedbeneath the bed when not in use and moved to operative position parallelwith said bed so as to be in convenient reach of the occupant thereof.

A further object'is to provide a rocking crib including eXtensibletelescopic members adapted to be positioned beneath a bed and which forma support for the crib, the latter being pivotally connected with oneset of telescopic members by arallel links so as to permit the occupanto the bed to rock the crib without leaving said bed.

A further object is to provide means for limiting the longitudinalmovement of the telescopic members, and means for locking the crib inoperative position at one side of the bed.

A still further object of the invention is generally to improve thisclass of devices so as to increase their utility, durability andefficiency.

Further objects and advantages will appear in the following description,it being understood that various changes in form, proportions and minordetails of construe` tion may be resorted to within the scope of theappended claims.

For a full understanding of the invention and the merits thereof andalso to acquire a knowledge of the details of construction and the meansfor effecting the result, reference is to be had to the followingdescription and accompanying drawings, in which:

Figure 1 is a perspective view of a rocking crib constructed inaccordance with our invention; showing the same attached to a bed of theordinary construction; Fig. 2 is a side elevation partly in section;Fig. 3 is a similar view showing the crib housed beneath the bed; Fig. 4is a top plan view of the device detached, a portion of one of thetelescopic members being broken away in order to more clearly illustratethe construction thereof; Fig. 5 is a transverse sectional view taken onthe line 5-5 of Fig. 3 and looking in the direction of the arrow; Fig. 6is a vertical sectional view taken on the line 6-6 of Fig. 3 and lookingin the direction of the arrow.

Corresponding and like parts are referred to in the followingdescription and indicated in all the views of the drawings by the samereference characters.

The rocking crib forming the subject matter of the present inventioncomprises a supporting frame adapted to extend transversely across andbeneath the bottom of a bed and includes relatively stationary tubularmembers 5 having hangers 6 secured thereto and adapted to be attached tothe side rails 7 of the bed by screws or similar fastening devices.Slidably mounted in the stationary members 5 are telescopic rods ormembers 8, which carry the crib, indicated in Fig. 1. The crib 9 ispivotally mounted for rocking movement between the rods 8, and isoperatively connected therewith by means of a plurality of spacedparallel links 10, one end of each link 10 being pivotally connected at11 with the adjacent end of the crib 9, while the other end thereof ispivotally connected to the adjacent telescopic rod 8, as shown.

The relatively stationary tubular members 5 are formed withlongitudinally disposed slots 12 to permit the passage of the pivot pins13, there being anti-friction rollers 14 journaled on the pivot pins 13and adapted to bear against the walls of the slots 12 for the purpose ofreducing friction between the parts when the crib is moved to operativeand inoperative positions.

Secured in any suitable manner to the extensible rods 8 are verticallydisposed loops or stops V16, each preferably formed of a single lengthof wire having its intermediate portion bent upon itself, and itsopposite ends extended through the slots 12 and is embedded or otherwisesecured to the rod 8, there being rollers 17, similar in construetion tothe rollers 14, journaled on the ends of the stops and bearing againtsthe walls of the slots 12.

The stops 16, by engagement with the inner faces of the side rails 7serve to limit the outward or extensible movement of the crib 9, whilesaid stops, by engagement with the end walls 18 of the slots 12, serveto limit the rearward movement of said crib.

Thus it will be seen that by exerting a longitudinal pull on one of theside walls of the crib 9, the latter may be moved to a position beyondone of the side rails and thence swung upwardly on the links l0 with itsupper edge substantially parallel with the top of the bed so as to bewithin convenient reach of the occupant of said bed, and in whichposition the crib may be rocked or oscillated in the usual manner.

In order to lock the crib against rocking movement when in operativeposition at the side of the bed, suitable locking member or rods 19 areextended through the opposite ends of the crib and provided withangular-ly disposed portions 20, one of which constitutes a locking armadapted to bear against the adjacent telescopic rod 8, while the otherconstitutes a handle for operating said locking member.

When the crib is not in use, the locking fingers 2O are disengaged fromthe rods 8 by rotating the handle of the locking member which permitsthe crib to be swung downwardly on the links l0 in a plane below thelower edges of the side rails 7 of the bed, and in which position saidcrib may be eectually housed beneath the bed by pressingr inwardly onthe extensible rods 8, as best shown in Fig. 3 of the drawings.

A shelf 21 is preferably provided for use in connection with the cribfor supporting milk bottles and the like, said shelf being suspendedfrom one side of the crib by angularly disposed brackets or hangers 22.

From the foregoing description it will be seen that there is provided acrib capable of being moved to operative position at one side of a bedand either rocked or held stationary when in said position and which maybe swung downwardly and housed beneath the bed when not in use.

Having thus described the invention, what is claimed as new is:

l. The combination with a bed, of a supporting frame includingrelatively stationary tubular members having means for attachment to abed and provided with lontachment to a bed and provided withlongitudinally disposed slots, rod sections slidably mounted on thetubular members, a crib mounted for rocking movement between the rodsections, parallel links forming a pivotal connection between the criband rod sections, and upstanding members carried by said rod sectionsand extending through the slots in the stationary sections and consti.-tuting stops for engagement with the side rails of the bed, said cribbeing movable to operative position at one side of the bed and toinoperative position beneath said bed.

3. The combination with a bed, of a supporting frame includingrelatively stationary tubular members having means for attachment to abed and provided with longitudinally disposed slots, rods slidablymounted in the tubular members, a crib mounted for rocking movementbetween said rods, parallel links, each having one end thereof pivotallyconnected with the crib, and pivot pins extending through the other endsof the links and through the slots in the stationary tubular members andengaging the adjacent rods.

In testimony whereof we affix our signatures in presence of twowitnesses.

WILLIAM B. wALToN. [L aj NATHAN H. KEM. [n s] Witnesses: Y

CHARLES ROUSSEAU,

G. H. MURRAY.

